Dear Sirs,

I beg your pardon for my long silence; but in recent months I have had to carry too many pains, both mental and physical; a further sorrow for me has been the severe illness of my Mother. So by force of circum-stances my activity has been reduced.

I am nevertheless glad to inform you that, regarding the tragic problem of euthanasia, I found great help in Sinorama.

I have prepared a pamphlet on this subject, and you will receive it by a separate post; if you need other copies, I shall send you them.

I beg to remain, Sirs,

always gratefully and sincerely yours

Dear Mr. Bigatti,

We are sorry to learn of your latest misfortune, yet took comfort that you found our euthanasia report helpful. We will make a brief Chinese translation of your pamphlet on the subject and hope that more people may be able to share your thoughts on the subject.

The Editors

Corrections:

1. In the February issue of Sinorama (March overseas edition), in the article "Shelter from the Storm-Halfway Houses for Taiwan's Troubled Youth," page 101 provides an incorrect description of the procedure for handling young offenders. The correct procedure should be: When police arrest minors under the age of 18, they are transferred to juvenile court. If the alleged offense is serious and there is reason to believe the young person may abscond, he or she will sent to a juvenile detention and classification home. However, after being questioned by the judge, most youths are sent home to await trial. Before the trial begins, probation officers will provide the judge with the results of their investigation.

Juvenile cases are generally treated either as juvenile criminal cases or as disciplinary cases. Crimes with a minimum penalty of five years' or more imprisonment are investigated and prosecuted by public prosecutors. If convicted, offenders are generally sent to juvenile jail. These cases include such offences as homicide, robbery, dealing in hard drugs, etc..

Disciplinary cases are treated in different ways by the court according to their severity: The severest offenders are detained in a juvenile reformatory and training school. Less serious offenders are put on probation under the supervision of a probation officer. The most minor offenders are ordered to attend weekend guidance activities or are let off with a reprimand and warning from the judge.

We thank Mr. Yang Chia-jih, a probation officer with the Panchiao District Court, for telephoning to clarify the above points, and we apologize to readers.

2. The research into suicide rates among aboriginals referred to on p. 119 of the March (April overseas) edition in the article "A Silent Protest-Suicide in Taiwan," was conducted jointly by Associate Professor Hu Yu-hui of Yangming University's Institute of Health and Welfare and Chang Li-yun, a research fellow at Academia Sinica's Institute of Ethnology. The source of the statistics on women's suicide rates used in Table 2 on p. 119 was a research paper by Professor Hu. We apologize to Professor Hu for these omissions.